confident

confident

/ˈkɒnfɪdənt/

1 feeling sure about your own ability to do things and be successful

She was in a relaxed, confident mood.

Beneath his confident and charming exterior, lurked a mass of insecurities.

confident about something I was actually fairly confident about my chances.

confident about doing something The teacher wants the children to feel confident about asking questions when they don't understand.

confident in something He'd learned to be confident in his ability to handle anything life threw at him.

Collocations Dictionary

verbs

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adverb

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preposition

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2 feeling certain that something will happen in the way that you want or expect

confident of something The Democrats were confident of victory.

confident of doing something The team feels confident of winning.

confident about something We are confident about the future.

confident (that)… I'm confident that you will get the job.

He said he remained confident that the dispute could be resolved.

We're pretty confident we can win the case.

She was quietly confident that everything would go as planned.

Word Origin

late 16th cent.: from French confident(e), from Italian confidente, from Latin confident- ‘having full trust’, from the verb confidere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fidere ‘trust’.